1982 NCAA Rifle Championships

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1982 NCAA Rifle Championship
Tournament information
Sport Collegiate rifle shooting
Location Flag of Virginia.svg Lexington, VA
Host(s) Virginia Military Institute
Participants9
Final positions
Champions Tennessee Tech (2nd title)
1st runners-up West Virginia
2nd runners-up Eastern Kentucky
Tournament statistics
Smallbore Kurt Fitz-Randolph, TTU
Air rifle John Rost, WVU
  1981
1983  

The 1982 NCAA Rifle Championships were contested at the third annual tournament to determine the team and individual national champions of NCAA co-ed collegiate rifle shooting in the United States. The championship was held at the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia during March 1982. [1]

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Tennessee Tech, with a team score of 6,138, once again won the team title; the Golden Eagles finished ahead of West Virginia, runners-up for the third consecutive year, with a score of 6,136. Tennessee Tech was coached by James Newkirk.

Both individual champions were repeat winners from the previous year: Kurt Fitz-Randolph (Tennessee Tech) for smallbore rifle and John Rost (West Virginia) for air rifle.

Qualification

Since there is only one national collegiate championship for rifle shooting, all NCAA rifle programs (whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III) were eligible. A total of 9 teams ultimately contested this championship.

Results

Team title

RankTeamPoints
Gold medal icon.svg Tennessee Tech 6,138
Silver medal icon.svg West Virginia 6,136
Bronze medal icon.svg Eastern Kentucky 6,128
4 East Tennessee State 6,125
5 Murray State 6,089
6 Army 6,014
7 Navy 6,012
8 St. John's (NY) 5,968
9 NC State 5,934

Individual events

EventWinnerScore
Smallbore Kurt Fitz-Randolph, Tennessee Tech 1,167
Air rifle John Rost, West Virginia 390

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References

  1. "NCAA Rifle Championships Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved January 10, 2017.